Pastoral Support

Who and what is ELSA in our school?

ELSA support

 

 

 

Clare Sbiti - Pastoral Lead/DDSL

 

 

 

 

Mark Cavanagh - Pastoral Support

 

 

 

Jo Mew - Pastoral Support

 

ELSA stands for Emotional Literacy Support Assistant.  Clare Sbiti, Mark Cavanagh and Jew Mew all hold the ELSA status at our school.

‘ELSA' is an initiative developed and supported by educational psychologists, who apply their professional knowledge of children’s social and emotional development to areas of need experienced by pupils. They provide on-going professional supervision to help maintain high quality in the work undertaken by ELSAs, thereby helping to ensure safe practice for ELSAs and pupils alike’. Taken from the ELSA Network.

To be able to use the title of ELSA we regularly attend half termly supervision sessions which are led by an Educational Psychologist and we deliver a bespoke programme of support to individual pupils and sometimes small groups of children.  The main areas of focus are: self-esteem, anxiety, bereavement, emotional awareness, anger, friendships and relationships, independence, social skills, growth mindset and behaviour of learning. Sessions are usually weekly or fortnightly for 30-35 minutes and tailored specifically to the child.

 

If you feel that your child would benefit from pastoral support this should be discussed with their class teacher who will refer to Clare Sbiti – Pastoral Lead for review and to be allocated accordingly.

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